1810 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 1029

sioners for Montgomery County from any petitioner petition-
ing for such action, or if done by the Board of County Com-
missioners on its own volition said costs shall be paid by said
Board of County Commissioners. And any action or proceed-
ing heretofore taken by the Board of County Commissioners to
alter, relocate, or close any public highway, avenue, street,
lane, or alley may be recorded as heretofore provided in the
office of the Clerk to the Circuit Court for Montgomery County
by the Board of County Commissioners for Montgomery
County, or by any person affected or interested in such pro-
ceedings.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety and having
been passed upon by. yea and nay. vote, supported by three-
fifths of all the members elected to each of the two Houses of
the General Assembly of Maryland, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved May 4, 1945.

CHAPTER 1029.
(House Bill 556)

AN ACT to authorize the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission to issue its bonds in the sum of $1, 500, 000 for
the purpose of augmenting its water supply and for the pay-
ment of water supply projects now or recently in the course
of construction.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission,
created by Chapter 122 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland of 1918, be and it is hereby authorized and em-
powered to issue its bonds in an amount not exceeding One
Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1, 500, 000), which
bonds shall be in addition to any bonds authorized to be issued
under said Chapter 122, or any amendments thereof, and shall
be registered or coupon bonds in such denominations as shall
be determined by the said Commission, and shall bear interest
at a rate not exceeding three (3) per cent per annum, payable
semi-annually, and shall be retired serially, the last bond to be
retired not later than forty (40) years from the date of issue.
Said Commission may offer for sale and issue said bonds, from
time to time, as its necessity requires. Said bonds shall be